“Shameless” -- the Showtime dramedy starring William H. Macy and Emmy Rossum --will shoot exterior scenes for its upcoming third season in the Chicago area Monday-August 31 (interior scenes are filmed in the Los Angeles area). During past visits, the cast and crew has filmed in the North Lawndale neighborhood.

“Shameless” will join a handful of other projects currently shooting in Chicago, including Bollywood film “Dhoom 3” and the TV shows “Chicago Fire,” which premieres on NBC October 10, and “The Mob Doctor,” which premieres on Fox Sept. 17.

Atmosphere Casting is currently looking for boys and girls ages 8-18 who can skateboard and people with beat up cars, circa 2000 or older, to take part in the “Shameless” shoot. For details, click here.

Jeremy Allen White had been craving Kuma’s Corner all morning when we met in front of the popular Avondale burger joint Wednesday. The 21-year-old actor visits Kuma’s every time he is in Chicago filming exterior scenes for Showtime’s “Shameless” and was hoping to...

If you’re one of the hundreds of thousands of Grateful Dead fans who got shut out of tickets for the band’s 50th anniversary shows July 3-5 in Soldier Field, promoter Peter Shapiro has some good news for you.

Conan O'Brien entertains hundreds of thousands of people each year. On a recent clandestine trip to Cuba, however, the TBS latenight host had to please just one - and for several harrowing minutes, thought he had failed.

Steven Dietz's play "Yankee Tavern" is a cleverly self-protected piece of writing, a deconstruction of 9/11 conspiracy theories that also airs a good number of them, ranging from the spike in the short-selling of stock in United and American Airlines on Sept. 10, 2001, to the guy who claimed to...

The good news for die-hard Deadheads who got shut out of the Grateful Dead's reunion concerts July 3-5 at Soldier Field when tickets went on sale over the weekend: Tickets are showing up in droves on the secondary market.